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Andrew the Jew interprets for Scot — Defence of this 

 literary method — Versions of the De Coelo et Mundo, the 

 De aniiyia, the Parva Naturalia and others — The Quaestiones 

 Nicolai Feripatetici : with a summary of this important 

 treatise — Works found in the Venice manuscript — The 

 Nova Mhica — Michael Scot shines as a translator from 

 the Greek — Comparison between him and Bacon in regard 

 to this, 106 



CHAPTER VII 



Scot returns from Spain to the Imperial Court — Dante's reference 

 to this and to the costume worn by the philosopher — Pro- 

 bability that he is represented in the fresco at S. Maria 

 Novella. The Latin Averroes suppressed and Scot resumes 

 his post as Imperial Astrologer — He publishes on this 

 subject — Remarks on Scot by Mirandola, Salimbene, and 

 Bacon — He comments on the Sphere of Sacrobosco — A 

 legend of Naples and its interpretation — Testimony of 

 Leonardo Pisano — Scot's medical studies and skill — He 

 composes a treatise in that science — Two prescriptions, and 

 some account of the plagues then prevalent, . . . 137 



CHAPTER VIII 



Scot on the way to ecclesiastical preferment— Honorius iii. exerts 

 himself to obtain a benefice for the philosopher — He refuses 

 the Archbishopric of Cashel — A similar case of conscience in 

 the same age. — Gregory ix. applies again to Canterbury but 

 without result — Efiect of these disappointments on Scot. — 

 His prophecies in verse and prose — The Cervilerium — His 

 mental state at this time ; and an attempt to estimate his 

 real character— The publication of Scot's version of Averroes 

 now possible— Frederick ii. indites a circular letter to the 

 Universities — Scot travels through Italy, France, and Eng- 

 land to the borders of Scotland— His death— The Emperor 

 permits a copy of the Abbreviatio Avicennae to be made as 

 a tribute to Scot's memory, ....... 157 



CHAPTER IX 



The legendary fame of Scot — Nature of the magic then studied in 

 Spain— Eeasons for thinking that Scot's fame as a magician 



